As a part of opening week festivities, Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig and Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori announced today that the Episcopal Church has been designated the Official Denomination of Major League Baseball. The move was announced today in a teleconference with reporters.
Many people around the world are planning on observing an hour of “darkness” tomorrow night as a way of participating in a global earth hour. The event was created by the World Wildlife Fund in 2007.
On Maundy Thursday we had a service in the evening. So I decided to try the Thursday morning spin class instead. Little did I know, the Thursday morning class is “Devotion in Motion,” an hour-long spin class during which the instructor plays praise and worship music and talks about God, using the idea of a bike ride as a metaphor for the spiritual life.
Just in time for Holy Week, there’s an article today that discusses the increasingly common practice of unburdening one’s soul online rather than in a face-to-face meeting with a spiritual confessor. While some people claim they have been helped using such sites, there are numerous concerns that the sites are not really useful.
The Wire bows out with an op-ed blast against the War on Drugs. Friday Night Lights is renewed for a third season.
Maggie Dawn sat down with the Archbishops of York and Canterbury and asked them about the proper role of the blog and blogger in society. Their responses show they are aware of the phenomenon and have been thinking about the question.
The editors of the Lead include several movie fans and we are eagerly awaiting tonights’ Academy Awards. In the meantime, we thought that you would enjoy the winners of the Beliefnet Film Awards.
Earlier this week, Hollywood held its 16th annual “Faith and Values Gala.” The Gala, a project of Movieguide®, with the support of The John Templeton Foundation, aims to recognize “films and television with a positive values message.” The winners including Amazing Grace.
Mark Bowden, one of the best narrative journalists at work today, offers an insightful profile of David Simon, the man behind The Wire, the best show on television.
Café essayist Heidi Shott of the Diocese of Maine wonders whether she has sited the first ever “The Episcopal Church Welcomes You” tattoo.